Associations to the word «Demur»
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Wiktionary
DEMUR, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
DEMUR, verb. (intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
DEMUR, verb. (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
DEMUR, verb. (intransitive) (legal) To interpose a demurrer.
DEMUR, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
DEMUR, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
DEMUR, noun. Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Dictionary definition
DEMUR, noun. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
DEMUR, verb. Take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday".
DEMUR, verb. Enter a demurrer.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.